Why UK companies must focus on upskilling employees amid AI adoption surge

I'm the president of O'Reilly, which offers a learning platform that helps organisations stay ahead of the latest technologies. Two of our larger clients in the UK are a financial organisation with about 7,000 active users on our learning platform and a telecommunications company with about 20,000. Both have very high levels of engagement with resources about AI and ML--greater than the average per-user consumption on our platform. Now, these companies are big enough that they likely can hire as needed, but they know the importance of upskilling their current workforce. Not only is it cost-effective for the organisation, but it also provides growth opportunities to those who are willing to learn something new.